database

Definition of databasenext

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Recent Examples of database Meanwhile, the number of US service members wounded since the start of the Iran war has passed 750, according to the Defense Department’s war casualty database. Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026 Police in the southwestern Valais region, which has a database of people listed as missing over the last century, said the retreat of glaciers has led to the emergence of remains of people who went missing decades earlier. Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026 Historically, the representation of melanin-rich skin in dermatology textbooks and clinical image databases has been lacking. Ayren Jackson-Cannady, Allure, 20 Aug. 2026 The National Low Income Housing Coalition offers a searchable database showing the hourly pay required to afford a two-bedroom home by zip code. Eva Flowe august 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for database
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Noun
  • No details on injuries or fatalities were included in the post, which asked community members for video footage, photographs or any information related to the shooting.
    Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Lanterns wastes little time explaining this backstory ad nauseam and instead creates an immediately inviting dynamic between him and Hal, who comes to him demanding information on Manhunters.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Excellent article about Glen’s failures last year and the causes of them.
    Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Tuesday’s article is another cautionary tale to not read too much into this market’s conflicting cross currents and to take it all with a grain of salt.
    Todd Gordon, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026

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“Database.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/database. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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